The Kraken

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1. Pro Christopher Lee

   "The Kraken. Come for the fish, stay for a whale of a tale. Just five hours outside Santa Fe in the middle of the New Mexico desert."

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   This 8x10" print series is titled "Portraits of America's Food Stands" and will feature the best food at the greatest restaurants you've never heard about.

   *Full image and process grabs are in the attachments*

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   4 months ago

2. Kenil Bhavsar

   Cool illustration.

   4 months ago

3. Pro Emir Ayouni

   Very nice. Concept for your project sounds very cool also.

   Will you sell the series as a collection or pieces one-by-one?

   4 months ago

4. Pro Christopher Lee

   @Emir Ayouni Thanks. They'll be sold individually. I'm sure everyone will have their own favorites. A set is a good idea, so I might consider it :) We'll see if I haven't lost my mind when I'm done with all 10.

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   4 months ago

5. Marc Aspinall

   Very cool. Lovely color treatment too.

   4 months ago

6. Pro Csaba Gyulai

   This is funkin' amazing :)

   4 months ago

7. Bendsen

   Great work - and super awesome to study the process!

   What is your thoughts about making the characters with a solid stroke and leave the scenery without any stroke? Before i realised you made the illustration for print, i assumed that it was part of an animation because of the style difference. Is it to highlight the characters, because they're more important?

   Thanks for sharing, mate.

   PS. The awesome naive squid boy is simply killing me. Had a good laugh, when i saw the full-size image :)

   4 months ago

8. Pro Ian Glaubinger

   After your initial concepts/sketches do you draw the majority of your shapes (like architecture) in Illustrator and then add all texture, color changes and line work in PS?

   4 months ago

9. Pro Leopoldo Alves

   PERFECT!!!

   4 months ago

10. Pro Laura Bohill

    SO FUGGIN GOOD!

    4 months ago

11. Pro Timothy J. Reynolds

    Man, so good. Love the process shots, too. Nailed the color/composition.

    4 months ago

12. Cole Roberts

    I love this Chris! I love how the characters have the black outline while the background is more subtle. Reminds me of classic Nick toons. Great job!

    4 months ago

13. Pro Rob Zangrillo

    awesome!

    4 months ago

14. Pro Rob Zangrillo

    wow - great work!

    4 months ago

15. Pro Christopher Lee

    @Marc Aspinall @Csaba Gyulai Thanks!

    @Bendsen I did it on purpose because I love that visual contrast on animated shows. It brings more attention to the characters and makes them feel like a "cell" overlay (though no one uses cells anymore haha). I figured, why not translate that love into print form :)

    @Ian Glaubinger In this project, yes, that's how I'll be tackling them. I realized that I'm not a good enough draftsman to draw these buildings freehand. Doing the base shapes in AI allows me to get the geometry just the way I want it.

    @Leopoldo Alves @Laura Bohill @Timothy J. Reynolds @Rob Zangrillo Much appreciated! Starting the second one this morning.

    @Cole Roberts Exactly! *thumbs up*

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    4 months ago

16. Pro Ian Glaubinger

    @Christopher Lee Thanks for the insight. That's actually how i tackle a decent amount of my stuff too.

    4 months ago

17. Pro Jake Fleming

    I love this so much

    4 months ago

18. Pro Diana

    You know this is spectacular, right?

    Okay, good.

    4 months ago

19. Pro James Boorman

    Loving the direction and play on character outline style.

    4 months ago

20. Bryan Williams

    I love this style!

    4 months ago

21. Dylan Cook

    Loving this sir. Instead of prints, would you ever do it as a book?

    4 months ago

22. Pro Christopher Lee

    @Jake Fleming @Diana @James Boorman @Bryan Williams Thanks! The second one is almost done. Hope to post it tonight!

    @Dylan Cook Ten prints is hardly enough to warrant printing an entire book haha. Although I would like to compile my work into a book...someday. Maybe in another five years :)

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    4 months ago

23. Dylan Cook

    Well I meant more :D

    Oh unless you can do a postcard book, but I have no idea of the print run costs of that.

    4 months ago

24. Jenn Bower

    I love this. Especially love the contrast between the fry cook and the rest of the image. So well done.

    4 months ago

25. Krislam Chin

    This is great! Thank you so much for posting your progress!!!

    about 1 month ago